Intimidation

Union Bosses Forced to Drop $200,000 Lawsuit against Unemployed Carpenter

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:20:08 -0500

Union Bosses Forced to Drop $200,000 Lawsuit against Unemployed Carpenter

Union officials failed to find work for carpenter, then retaliated against him for working to support his family without paying tribute to union bosses

Chicago, IL (December 10, 2010) – Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters (CRCC) union bosses have dropped a lawsuit against an unemployed carpenter for working to provide for himself and his family after union officials had no work for him.

Right to Work Attorneys Help Minneapolis Nurses Fight Back Against Union Intimidation

Will Collins — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:18:27 -0400

Faced with a looming strike on June 10, 2010, several Minneapolis nurses refused to follow union boss marching orders and instead stayed on the job to care for their patients. Although they resigned their membership before the strike took place, three nurses were threatened with union disciplinary hearings for refusing to walk off the job. With the help of Right to Work attorneys, these nurses have now filed unfair labor practice charges to hold union officials accountable for their heavy-handed intimidation tactics. Here's a video report on the incident from a local Minneapolis station:

UAW Kingpins Hypocrisy: "Free Speech" Only to Force Workers into Union Ranks

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:28:54 -0400

Manny Lopez from the Detroit News comments on the United Autoworker (UAW) union hierarchy's "new" strategy of organizing workers, (i.e. using even more intimidation and harassment to force additional workers into their dues-paying ranks):

Bob King, the new president of the UAW was stumping for democracy yesterday, and you'd think that it would be hard to corrupt such a thing.

But he did. See, democracy to the unions means do it our way, or no way.

King said the UAW will try a new tactic to organize foreign automakers. The membership-declining union is going to draft a set of principles that will bar companies from using derogatory, untruthful or threatening statements to dissuade workers from organizing (as if that was a one-way street).

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When Questioned, Public Sector Union Bosses Respond With Threats

Will Collins — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:02:50 -0400

With the Police and Firefighters Monopoly Bargaining Bill looming on the horizon, here's a portent of things to come from the Cal Watchdog blog:

North Bay firefighters launched a boycott of a Napa Valley winery this weekend after its owner criticized their wages and benefits in a letter published in the St. Helena Star. But more than a boycott was launched, as the winery owner has received veiled threats online from some public safety employees, potentially refusing to fight a fire at his home or winery, or save him from choking in a restaurant.

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Professional Union Bully Hypocritically Accuses Activists of Mob Tactics Regularly Used by Big Labor

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:40:24 -0400

Last week, AFL-CIO bosses viciously accused the grassroots citizens who are increasingly alarmed about unfolding Big Government power grabs (and who are expressing their legitimate concerns at Congressional town hall meetings on government run health care) of orchestrating "extremist disruptions" in coordination with "a growing number of health care reform opponents, including Republican leaders trying to kill President Obama’s reform initiatives."

AFL-CIO operatives are convinced that these so-called "extremist disruptions" are meant "to kill health care reform, not debate it, not refine it, not find a middle ground, just kill it."

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer and heir apparent to AFL-CIO chieftain John Sweeney, had this to say:

Speaking Out of School: Brave Union Boss Slams "Card Check" Forced Unionism

Anthony Riedel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:13:10 -0400

Last week, Big Labor's bought-and-paid-for politicians in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate introduced the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. This Big Labor-endorsed compulsory unionism scheme is intended to give federal government bureaucrats the unprecedented power to impose wages and working conditions, including forced union dues, on employees and employers after workers are herded into union collectives without even a secret ballot election.

Neal Catlett, former union president at a Whirlpool plant in Arkansas, spoke out against Big Labor's card check coercion:

"The Only Good Scab is a Dead Scab"

Justin Hakes — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:30:44 -0400

That's what one person commented on YouTube about our latest video. Though sad, the sentiment is indicative of the mind set that led to such hostility against the employees in the video that simply exercised their Right to Work.

Unfortunately, history shows that it gets even worse.

Video: Employees Suffer Broken Windows, Slashed Tires, and Stalking for Refusing to Strike

Justin Hakes — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:13:56 -0400

View a new video by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation about the often brutal intimidation that employees face for exercising their Right to Work.

Sadly, while these employees suffered greatly, others often face far worse retaliation for refusing to walk off the job during a strike.

Photos Show Nails in Employee's Driveway, Tobacco Juice on Windshield (Warning: Graphic)

Justin Hakes — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:36:24 -0400

Additional photos documenting earlier reported incidents of retaliation against employees of Volvo who kept working during a recent UAW union strike have surfaced.

Here, an employee finally gained the ability to press charges against a union operative for spitting tobacco juice all over her windshield after contacting the National Right to Work Foundation.

And here are just a couple of several hundred nails the very same employee found in her driveway before heading out to work one morning.

Photo Surfaces: Volvo Employee's Smashed Out Car Window...More to Come...

Justin Hakes — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:33:26 -0400

One Volvo employee's car windows were smashed out in the dead of night, even though he parked his car near his home under a spotlight because he feared retaliation for refusing to strike. Many such photos have surfaced, and we plan to have them online as soon as possible. The National Right to Work Foundation is continuing to act on behalf of employees during the fallout from this strike.

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Intimidation

Union Bosses Forced to Drop $200,000 Lawsuit against Unemployed Carpenter

Union Bosses Forced to Drop $200,000 Lawsuit against Unemployed Carpenter

Union officials failed to find work for carpenter, then retaliated against him for working to support his family without paying tribute to union bosses

Right to Work Attorneys Help Minneapolis Nurses Fight Back Against Union Intimidation

UAW Kingpins Hypocrisy: "Free Speech" Only to Force Workers into Union Ranks

When Questioned, Public Sector Union Bosses Respond With Threats

Professional Union Bully Hypocritically Accuses Activists of Mob Tactics Regularly Used by Big Labor

Speaking Out of School: Brave Union Boss Slams "Card Check" Forced Unionism

"The Only Good Scab is a Dead Scab"

Video: Employees Suffer Broken Windows, Slashed Tires, and Stalking for Refusing to Strike

Photos Show Nails in Employee's Driveway, Tobacco Juice on Windshield (*Warning: Graphic*)

Photo Surfaces: Volvo Employee's Smashed Out Car Window...More to Come...

Photos Show Nails in Employee's Driveway, Tobacco Juice on Windshield (Warning: Graphic)